The Revolutionary War

Unnamed Black Women

Revolutionary War Era

Invisible Yet Essential 

Onesimus

ca. 1680s - after 1721

Science Changed History

Crispus Attucks

1723 - 1770

First to Fall for Freedom 

James Armistead

1760 -1832

Intel for Independence 

Elizabeth Freeman

ca. 1742 - 1829

Freedom Through Law

Wentworth Cheswell

1745 - 1812

Leadership Through Service 

Jack Sisson

ca. 1743 - 1821

Behind Enemy Lines 

1st Rhode Island 

Active: 1775–1783 

United in Battle 

Jenny Slew

ca. 1719–after 1766 

Early Freedom Seeker 

Peter Salem

ca. 1750 - 1815

Courage Under Fire 

Edward "Ned" Hector

ca. 1744 - 1834

Courage in Action 

Seymour Burr

ca. 1760s – after 1805 

Resilience Through Service 

Phillis Wheatley

ca. 1753 - 1784

Voice for Liberty 

Samuel Charlton

1760 - 1843

A Soldier Remembered 

William Flora

 ca. 1755 - 1820

Holding the Line 

Rev. Lemuel Haynes

1753 - 1833

Faith and Freedom 

Deborah Squash

c. 1735 – 1807 

Choosing Freedom 

Austin Dabney

ca. 1765 - 1830

Soldier to Landowner 

Barzillai Lew

1743 - 1822

Rhythm and Resistance 

Cuff Whittmore

 ca.1751-1826

Revolutionary War

Lucy Terry Prince

ca. 1730 - 1821

Words as Resistance 

James Forten

1766 - 1842

Industry and Activism 

Jordan Freeman

c. 1732 - 1781

Freedom’s Final Cost 

Agrippa Hull

1759 -1848

Service and Sacrifice  

Salem Poor

1747 - 1802

Valor and Recognition 

Saul Matthews

b. unknown and d. 

Recognition Long Denied 

John Chavis

ca. 1762 - 1838

Knowledge as Power 

Joseph Ranger

ca. 1760 - after 1832

Freedom at Sea 

Luther Jotham

 ca. 1751 - 1832

Crafting Opportunity 

Oliver Cromwell

1753 - 1853

Commitment to Freedom 

Unnamed Hero

January 17, 1781

Unnamed, Not Unimportant 

Sampson Yearney

ca. mid-1770s - 1779

Freedom Through Action 

Bucks of America

Revolutionary War Era 

Service and Brotherhood 

Caesar Tarrant

(ca. 1700s - 1796)

Virginia Navy

Primus (Trask) Hall

1756 - 1842

Successful Businessman

James Robinson

1753 - 1868

Battle of Yorktown